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Ethics involves questioning and defending our values and principles, guiding us to make decisions that align with our true selves. Studying ethics equips individuals with the skills necessary for ethical leadership, including accountability, ethical reasoning, and collaboration. Key assumptions of ethics include the belief in human rationality and freedom, along with principles that prioritize the welfare of others and promote a good society.

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Ethics (Assignment 1)

Ethics involves questioning and defending our values and principles, guiding us to make decisions that align with our true selves. Studying ethics equips individuals with the skills necessary for ethical leadership, including accountability, ethical reasoning, and collaboration. Key assumptions of ethics include the belief in human rationality and freedom, along with principles that prioritize the welfare of others and promote a good society.

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GE-8 SS (ETHICS)

JIERO M. FERNANDEZ 01-24-2025


BSEE-2B

1. What is Ethics?
Ethics is the process of questioning, discovering, and defending our values,
principles, and purpose. It’s about finding out who we are and staying true to that in the
face of temptations, challenges, and uncertainty. It’s not always fun and it’s hardly ever
easy, but if we commit to it, we set ourselves up to make decisions we can stand by,
building a life that’s truly our own and a future we want to be a part of (The Ethics
Centre, 2023).

2. Why study Ethics?


Studying ethics can also give you a glimpse into the systems that shape how a
human being interacts with another. By gaining insight into the most effective and
equitable ways for people to work together, you can become a more thoughtful leader in
your field (Juhlin, 2022).
According to Julie Nagashima, visiting assistant professor of ethical leadership in the
department of Leadership, Ethics, and Values at North Central College, “Students who
study ethics will develop important knowledge, skills, and dispositions for becoming an
ethical leader. Some of these include how to lead with accountability and responsibility,
engage in ethical reasoning and (ethical) decision making, work collaboratively and
effectively in groups, discern and avoid destructive and corrupt behaviors, develop
interpersonal skills, and cultivate one’s moral character.”

3. Assumptions of Ethics?
Like any other discipline, ethics proceeds from some basic assumptions.
Assumptions are the fundamentals beliefs or statements that are accepted to be true
without burden of proving or of proof. Most books concerning the study of ethics present
a long list of assumptions.
Two most important and most common assumption of ethics:
First, that man is a rational being. This means that man is rational and actions with a
purpose, unlike brutes who merely act out of instinct and reflex.
Second, that man is a free being. Ethics assumes that man is free to act according
to his will and he has the power to act, speak, or think if he chooses to restraints.
In addition, there are various statements that represent widely accepted
assumptions considered essential to behaving, deciding, and acting ethically:
• We will be other-regarding (taking the welfare of others into account).
• We will have good intentions in all acts that affect others.
• We will never treat others as mere means to an end but as ends in
themselves.
• We will seek ways to promote the “good society” and the “good life.”
• We will “do no harm” (whether by nonfeasance, misfeasance, or
malfeasance).
• We will not force someone to do something against their will.
• We will respect the autonomy (freedom to choose) of others.
• We will relieve the suffering of others (aid the suffering and help the needy).
• We will put the basic needs of others ahead of our own wants (do unto others
as we would have them do unto us).
• We will seek and choose the options that best balance duties, consequences,
feasibility, and circumstances when considering the greater good.
• These principles will take precedence over other rules.

References:
Juhlin, S. (2022, October 14). What is ethics?. What is Ethics? | North Central College.
https://www.northcentralcollege.edu/news/2022/10/14/what-ethics
What is Ethics? (n.d.). What is ethics? we have the answer. THE ETHICS CENTRE.
(2023, December 6). https://ethics.org.au/knowledge/what-is-ethics/
Assumption of ethics. prezi.com. (n.d.). https://prezi.com/btjbgqkpjhu6/assumption-
of-ethics/
Fundamentals-of-ethics (DOCX). CliffsNotes. (n.d.).
https://www.cliffsnotes.com/study-notes/3871294

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